Leaf Stamping

We are lucky enough to live in an area surrounded by tons and tons of trees which we love especially come fall time! The kids and I have done so many leaf hunts, leaf fights and leaf crafts over the past couple weeks.. it's been a total blast! And we want to do lots more so don't leave us fall, we're not done with you yet! :)

Here's an activity for all you leaf and paint lovers out there!

SUPPLIES:

- Variety of real leaves
- Paint
- Paint brushes
- Watercolor Paper or Construction Paper

DIRECTIONS:

STEP 1: We began by going on a leaf hunt outside. We collected a lot of different variety of leaves (shapes, sizes, colors) We then brought them inside to our prepared workspace.

STEP 2: I gave them each a paper and they chose their paint colors. They then started painting their leaves (underside facing up). We painted the entire underside.

STEP 3: Once we finished painting the leaf we flipped it over and pressed it down onto our papers.

STEP 4: We then slowly removed our leaves to reveal the gorgeous leaf print underneath!

STEP 5: We continued painting our different leaves and pressing them down onto our paper to create a college of beautiful leaf stamps!

The boys got creative and decided to mix their paints together to make rainbow leaves! So pretty!

We had lots of fun with this easy activity! It was nice combining an outside leaf hunt with an inside craft.